The Best Tech Under $500! - June 2017 #Helpful Post

ou guys johnathan here and today I'm

taking a look at five really awesome

gadgets all fall under the price point

of five Benjamin Franklin's 500 George

Washington's or if you want to break it

down even further mm baby GWS so first

up if you enjoy home tech this is right

in your wheelhouse - Eko before

essentially is what happened if a smart

thermostat met the Amazon echo hit it

off did some things that I'm not really

allowed to talk about on camera and now

came this so what I mean by that if not

only is it a really fantastic looking

smart thermostat not only does it

feature voice integration it also

features Amazon Alexa functionality

built right in and huge shout out to

equally for not only sending this out

but also sponsoring this episode so of

course being able to change the

temperature of your home through your

phone whether you're there or not is

awesome but what if you want to know the

weather outside now you can ask your eco

be Alexa do I need an umbrella today no

rain is expected in polina today beyond

that what if gratit all to pay for your

laptop stating you don't want to make a

trip to the store did you ever think

you'd be able to order that through your

thermostat well now you can the top

search results for toilet paper is

Charmin ultra soft toilet paper

48 double rolls it's twenty one dollars

and forty eight cents total including

tax after a discount of two dollars

would you like to buy it now on top of

that let's say your heart bonus makes

you bring everything to a boil you turn

the heat off but you want to be very

careful you don't let those sit there

for too long so naturally you ask your

thermostat to set a timer for 12 minutes

and boom you have some hard-boiled egg

perfection 12 minutes starting now

now to take things up a notch later this

year eco B will be releasing smart

lights which would also feature voice

integration and that's going to do is

extend that Alexis functionality bill

within the Eco before throughout the

rest of your home now as far as the

thermostat itself it's got a big

beautiful 3.5 inch touch screen it looks

great it's easy to navigate what's also

cool is there a built-in room sensor so

what that's going to do is let the

ecobee know when you're home and when

you're not it ultimately save you money

so at its core of being a smart

thermostat it works great if it only did

that it would be awesome but because

there is Amazon Alexa voice

functionality built within this it kind

of takes things to the next level so

next up number two for those that caught

my crazy Galaxy s8 desk setup video one

of the comments I saw most frequently

was what is that crazy looking Bluetooth

speaker

this is the Harman Kardon or and some

would agree it does look like a crazy

futuristic Bluetooth speaker while

others might say it kind of looks like a

humidifier regardless though I think it

looks awesome and beyond just being able

to connect wirelessly through bluetooth

this also features airplay which is

surprisingly hard to find in speakers

these days so if that's something been

looking for this might be a really solid

pickup now because of that crazy

circular design one of the most

attractive features of the aura is the

fact that it's going to output 360

degree sound which they are claiming

will fill an entire room and for

reference I got to here behind me which

is about I would say six to eight feet

away I think it's only fitting we test

that out warning things may get loud

that is about half way just a little

over half way right now so we got some

room to go

 

I'm in along a line that is fill in the

room I think the neighbors are going to

hate me but it does live up to the claim

for sure it packs a ton of clarity a

surprising amount of low-end and as you

saw it does fill the room with sound I

think the only deciding factor would be

the look some people are going to love

it some people maybe it's not their

thing for me I think it looks awesome it

sounds great if you're looking to pick

one up I would definitely grab one so

next up at number three is the one plus

three T in a beautiful stealthy midnight

black and yes before anyone yells on my

face I realize this came out a little

while back but I have yet to feature

here in a channel and honestly this

might be the best smartphone you can buy

for under five hundred bucks so if you

like specs if you like ports things are

about to get exciting this is packing a

Snapdragon 801 processor six freaking

gigabytes of RAM a big beautiful 5.5

inch display it is 1080p but that is

okay it has a headphone jack USBC which

is also going to get you a crazy fast

charge through oneplus is - charged

technology which essentially is

witchcraft now personally I've always

really enjoyed what oneplus is done with

their oxygen OS it's clean it looks

great which is important to me and you

combine that with great hardware great

specs and a great price and that is why

I think this is one of the best phones

under 500 bucks so next up at number

four are the blue satellite wireless

Bluetooth headphones and these are

geared for those who care about sound

quality the same people who won't touch

a pair of beats by dre headphones with a

ten-foot pole because they sound

inferior if that is you you probably

want to check these out

now hands-down the most unique thing

about these headphones of the fact they

are a wireless pair of headphones with a

built-in amplifier and it does make a

difference now if I had any complaints I

would say the noise cancellation isn't

quite as good as Sony or both it's close

but it's not quite there yet sound

quality is a different story that I

would hands down take these over

something like the bose qc25 what I

don't know is if that sound quality is

good enough to take me away from my Sony

here on those have been my favorite pair

of wireless headphones for a very long

time but at the very least it does have

me rethinking life now I think the other

big deciding factor for most people out

there with DEET is going to be looks I

think the best word to describe these

wouldn't be cool

but more so classy to me these are the

headphones you're going to wear while

you're sitting in that relaxing chair

you get the fireplace on you got your

glass of wine to your left maybe you're

wearing a robe but at the very least

you're enjoying some high-quality music

with definitely cool with these those

even though they are a relatively big

pair of headphones they do break down

nicely which make them great for travel

for me the only thing I would look out

for from what I've seen on Amazon

reviews would be build called the tear I

got it fantastic but in case you do get

one it's a little bit weird don't be

afraid to exchange them so the audio

quality is hands-down the best thing

about these headphones noise

cancellation is good but not great and

if you like how these things look they

are a really solid pickup so last up is

the life pack smart backpack which is

this super stealthy looking gadget bag

that literally has stealth in the name

I'm not going to lie smart backpacks or

tech backpacks in general sometimes

don't always look the most visually

appealing but this one actually looks

good also in the spirit of being honest

I tend to make fun of backpacks with

built-in battery banks especially those

that are embedded and kind of attached

in the backpack because once it dies

you've got to charge the whole friggin

thing with this guy though it's actually

unique and a little different and it

starts with v guy right here not only is

this the actual portable charger it's

also a bluetooth speaker and if we flip

things one more time

you can also charge it through the Sun

with the built-in solar charger it's

11,000 milliamp hours so you're going to

have a ton of power pack inside this guy

and the way it works is it pops in the

front here or actually through the back

if you want to be specific snap it in

right now we are in solar charging mode

but let's say you want to listen to some

tunes simply what doesn't sound good but

we're good flip things pop it back in

button your pants up and now you have a

Bluetooth speaker in the backpack beyond

that is built-in lock which is going to

help you protect your valuables so if

someone tries to take your bag out in

public they're going to look pretty

stupid

lastly the only thing better than

pockets are secret pockets and that is

exactly what this backpack has to the

naked eye this looks like your everyday

standard strap but nope there is a

secret compartment inside which is

perfect

to hide your world of warcraft figures

beyond the secret pockets there is a ton

of room for activity you can store your

laptop your gadgets your phone your

tablet and unless your name is gender

more than likely you're gonna be able to

fit everything you own inside this bag